2018–19 LEN Champions League
| 2018–19 LEN Champions League | |
|---|---|
| League | LEN Champions League |
| Sport | Water Polo |
| Number of teams | 16 (Preliminary round) |
| Final Eight | |
The 2018–19 LEN Champions League was the 56th edition of LEN's premier competition for men's water polo clubs.
Contents
Overview
Team allocation
12 teams are directly qualified for the Preliminary round (TH: Champions League title holders).
Phases and rounds dates
The schedule of the competition is as follows.[1]
| Phase | Round | First leg | Second leg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Qualifying rounds | Qualification round I | 13–16 September 2018 | |
| Qualification round II | 28–30 September 2018 | ||
| Qualification round III | 6 October 2018 | 10 October 2018 | |
| Preliminary round | Matchday 1 | 17 October 2018 | |
| Matchday 2 | 3 November 2018 | ||
| Matchday 3 | 21 November 2018 | ||
| Matchday 4 | 5 December 2018 | ||
| Matchday 5 | 19 December 2018 | ||
| Matchday 6 | 9 January 2019 | ||
| Matchday 7 | 23 January 2019 | ||
| Matchday 8 | 6 February 2019 | ||
| Matchday 9 | 27 February 2019 | ||
| Matchday 10 | 16 March 2019 | ||
| Matchday 11 | 27 March 2019 | ||
| Matchday 12 | 13 April 2019 | ||
| Matchday 13 | 24 April 2019 | ||
| Matchday 14 | 15 May 2019 | ||
| Final Eight | Quarterfinals | 7 June 2018 | |
| Semifinals | 8 June 2018 | ||
| Final | 9 June 2018 | ||
Qualifying rounds
Qualification round I
Group A
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Group B
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Qualification round II
Group C
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Group D
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Group E
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Group F
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Qualification round III
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
FTC Telekom Budapest  |
22–11 |  NC Vouliagmeni |
10–4 | 12–7 |
VK Jadran Split  |
17–15 |  Jadran Carine |
11–9 | 6–6 |
AN Brescia  |
16–13 |  CN Terrassa |
8–4 | 8–9 |
Strasbourg  |
10–26 | BPM Sport Management |
4–10 | 6–16 |
Preliminary round
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The draw for the group stage was held on 29 August 2017 in Budapest.[2] The 16 teams were drawn into two groups of eight.
In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners, runners-ups, third and fourth placed teams advance to the Final 8. The matchdays are 17 October, 3 and 21 November, 5 and 19 December 2018, 9 and 23 January, 6 and 27 February, 16 and 27 March, 13 and 24 April, 15 May 2019.
A total of 11 national associations are represented in the group stage.
| Advance to the Final Eight | Home team win | Draw | Away team win |
Group A
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Group B
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